The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ZOOTS
Definition of ZOOTS
noun
plural of zoot
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Word DNA
ZOOTS inherits its ancestry from its root, ZOOT.
How it is built
Same root, ZOOT · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ZOOTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZOOTS starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read OOSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ZOOTS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ZOOTS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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